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Edible Plate Tectonics
TECTONICS
From the Greek "tecton"
- builder
- architect
The study of large features on Earth's surface and the processes that
formed them
PLATE TECTONICS
Large features...
- continents
- ocean basins
- mountain ranges
and processes...
- earthquakes
- volcanic eruptions
due to movement of plates of Earth's outer shell.
Cracked Egg Shell! Global Tectonic Boundaries
Earth's Interior
Oreo cookies as it relates to the Earth's crust and upper mantle
Oreo Psycho-Personality Test
Divergent Plate Boundary - Seafloor Spreading
Seafloor Spreading & Plate Tectonics
New ocean basins form from volcanism
Ocean floor forms IN BETWEEN pieces that have split
--> SEAFLOOR SPREADING
Convergent Plate Boundary - Subduction
Transform Plate Boundary - Tranform (Strike-Slip) Faulting
Hotspot - Not a Plate Boundary but Important Part of Plate Interior
- example of Hawaii
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